Father of British girl arrested in Spain for alleged domestic violence against her mother

Father of British girl arrested in Spain for alleged domestic violence against her mother

THE father of a British schoolgirl has been arrested by police in Spain after her mum slipped a note into her child’s homework book claiming she was suffering domestic violence and begging for help.

Published 4th May 2016

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SPOTTED: The arrest took place at Costa del Sol resort of Benalmadena

Police organised a fake meeting between the couple and a teacher following the alert.

They managed to get the woman to tell her story after separating her from her husband when they turned up.

Last night the alleged abuser was being monitored via an electronic tag after being given a restraining order.

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MAP: The investigation is ongoing into the incident

A judicial investigation into his wife’s claims was ongoing.

The arrest took place at a school in the Costa del Sol resort of Benalmadena after staff tipped off police about the unnamed woman’s cry for help.

She slipped a note with her name and National Identity Card number into her five-year-old son’s homework book.

Police staged a meeting between the boy’s teacher and the couple, Uruguayans who lived in Britain before moving to Spain at the end of last year, to avoid raising suspicion.

Undercover officers managed to hold a brief interview with the woman after using a pretext to separate her from her husband who they subsequently arrested.

Specialists who quizzed her say she claimed he kept her a prisoner in her own home and prevented her using a mobile phone and social media.

As well as suffering regular threats and verbal abuse, she also claims she suffered physical violence.

The alleged victim told police her husband had strangled her on occasions and on one occasion set light to her bed.

A source close to the case said the couple’s eight-year-old daughter was born in the UK and has a British passport.

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INVESTIGATION: Police staged a meeting between the boy’s teacher and the couple

It is thought the younger child was also born in Britain while his parents lived there.

Court sources on the Costa del Sol confirmed last night the alleged aggressor, a 52-year-old Uruguayan, had been made the subject of a restraining order.

The official said: “He is wearing an electronic tag and so is the wife and if he comes within 500 metres of her, an alarm will sound which will alert the police.

“An investigation into alleged domestic violence is ongoing”

An official said

“The police categorised the case as high-risk and the judge made the restraining order accompanied with an electronic GPS tag.

“An investigation into alleged domestic violence is ongoing.”

A spokesman for the school, which has not been named, said: “The woman placed a cry for help inside the homework book her son had to hand in to his teacher, saying she was the victim of domestic violence.

“She said the alleged aggressor had isolated her by banning her from using phones and social media and that meant she had very few opportunities to make her problems known.

“The teacher reacted well along with the police so they could bring this situation to an end.”